>> Magento is a very nice solution, very robust with lots of positives.
> However this is not a solution that you can get away without have a
> dedicated developer/administrator. You need to know your stuff on
> server/hardware optimization or have a very good Magento specific hosting
> company.
>
I agree.
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Dan McCullough <dan.mccullough at gmail.com>wrote:
> Magento is a very nice solution, very robust with lots of positives.
> However this is not a solution that you can get away without have a
> dedicated developer/administrator. You need to know your stuff on
> server/hardware optimization or have a very good Magento specific hosting
> company. I hate to be this way but Magento mentioned with Joomla should
> never be the case.
>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Brian White - WebHostingSolutions.com <
>bwhite at webhostingsolutions.com> wrote:
>> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Do we have anyone on the list with Magento experience who can offer
> > yeahs or neahs? We're now considering Magento rather than Joomla for the
> > eCommerce project I'm navigating because the simple PayPal buttons fail
> for
> > Mobile and Google Checkout doesn't meet the vision. None of the eCommerce
> > components I investigated for use within Joomla are mobile-friendly at
> this
> > time, so we're moving on.
> > >
> > > Magento offers a Community Edition as their open source-ish version. It
> > appears to have the features we think are needed. The Enterprise editions
> > are rather costly. You can get themes from several theme shops. The
> > newest version is 1.7+, but most of the themes available at this time are
> > for 1.6+. If you have the experience, is that a problem?
> > >
> > > We also spent a few cycles with Zen-Cart. The functionality is great
> but
> > the look/feel even with custom themes doesn't match Magento for what my
> > client wants. Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Thx, Bob
> >
> > I've not used Magento myself, but in investigating it's possible use for
> a
> > few clients the past few years, and from statements from clients that had
> > used it, it is/can be very resource intensive on the server compared to
> > some other ecommerce applications and/or CMS's. Just something to be
> aware
> > of.
> >
> > Depending on your specific needs, ShopSite (shopsite.com) is anothers
> > ecommerce application worth taking a look at.
> >
> > Brian White
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